- a smooth thick pulp of cooked and sieved fruit, vegetables, meat, or fish
- (transitive) to make (cooked foods) into a purée
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
pu•rée or pu•ree /pyʊˈreɪ, -ˈri/USA pronunciation
n., v., -réed, -rée•ing.
n.
v. [~ + object]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026n.
- Fooda thick liquid or pulp prepared from cooked vegetables, fruit, etc., passed through a sieve or broken down in a blender or similar device: [uncountable]tomato purée.[countable]soups and purées.
v. [~ + object]
- to make a purée of:puréed the food.
pu•rée
(pyŏŏ rā′, -rē′, pyŏŏr′ā),USA pronunciation n., v. -réed, -rée•ing.
n.
v.t.
n.
- Fooda cooked food, esp. a vegetable or fruit, that has been put through a sieve, blender, or the like.
- Fooda soup made with ingredients that have been puréed.
v.t.
- to make a purée of.
- French, noun, nominal use of feminine past participle of purer to strain, literally, make pure; see pure
- 1700–10
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purée /ˈpjʊəreɪ/ n
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